Along with access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, the Water Fund is committed to better water governance: on the one hand, through the promotion of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), recognising the need to promote the joint use of the various sources of water resources and adopt basins and aquifers as the planning and management units; on the other hand, through the strengthening of communities, institutions and public bodies in recipient countries to promote the design and implementation of comprehensive policies that ensure the sustainability of the resource.
During 2020, governance support was given especially in the following countries:
Likewise, during the year, progress was made in analysing the contribution of the Water Fund to Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America and intensive work was done on the preparation of the Technical Guide for Water Planning from the point of view of integrated water resources management within the framework of the Conference of Ibero-American Water Directors (CODIA).
In 2020, Spain joined the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) initiative, led by former UN water rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque and closely related to water governance. It is a global alliance of governments, donors, civil society organisations and other development partners working together to coordinate high-level actions to influence the water and sanitation policy agenda and improve accountability in the water governance sector.
El Fondo de Cooperación para Agua y Saneamiento de la Cooperación Española promueve elaboración de políticas públicas y formación para el refuerzo del sector del agua en América Latina
Se trata de una iniciativa promovida por la ex relatora de las NN.UU para lograr el acceso universal a agua limpia y saneamiento adecuado, recursos a los que no tiene acceso una gran parte de la población mundial.
El Fondo de Cooperación para Agua y Saneamiento (FCAS) ha participado en la segunda parte de los diálogos técnicos, presentando la estrategia sobre las normativas que regulan la calidad de los vertidos de aguas residuales urbanas.
La Agencia Española de Cooperación financia un curso gratuito de Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos para fortalecer las capacidades de los funcionarios públicos, organismos de la sociedad civil y organizaciones vinculadas a la gestión de los servicios de agua del Lago Ypacaraí.
